Friday

Blackcat News

The Lady Blackcats are the 2019 1A Softball State Champions for the 3rd time in school history and the 2nd time in the past 3 years!!! They defeated Hardin Calhoun and Illini Bluffs at the IHSA State Finals in Peoria to capture the title!

The Blackcats end their season in the "Sweet 16" in the state! They won the Regional Championship against Century and then defeated Woodlawn before falling to Steeleville in the Sectional Championship.

THE GOREVILLE FFA ARE NATIONAL CHAMPIONS! For the first time in school history, the Goreville High School FFA was named the #1 Club in America in Building Communities at the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis! We are PROUD OF YOU!

Congratulations to the Goreville Early Learning Center as they were awarded the "Gold Circle of Quality" by the Illinois State Board of Education! The Gold Circle is the highest designation possible and it is the 3rd consecutive year that we have been awarded this designation.

Congratulations to Braden Webb as he is now the all-time basketball scoring leader in Goreville High School's recorded history! Webb passed Greg Cruse who has had the record of 1,866 since 1974! Jenny Hendee had the highest overall recorded total with 1,868 in the 1990's.

Congratulations to Goreville FFA members Summar Albright and Jacob Calhoon for winning State Proficiency Awards at the University of Illinois last weekend! Jacob won State in Grain Production and Summar won State in Landscape Management! They both now compete for a National Title in Indianapolis, IN.

Congratulations to the Goreville Elementary School Drama Club for their GREAT PERFORMANCE of "Peter Pan: The Musical" this weekend! The gym was packed and we broadcast the performance for the first time on the Blackcats Network because we are PROUD of you and your efforts!

Congratulations to the Goreville High School Blackcats Scholar Bowl Team for winning the IHSA 1A Regional Championship! They defeated Hardin County, Pope County, and Eldorado High School to advance to the IHSA Sectionals! The tournament also included Gallatin County, Vienna, Crab Orchard, and Carrier Mills.

Goreville CUSD 1 has been recognized as a Top 50 in the Nation "Future Ready School" with our work and progress toward our Technology Implementation Plan! Goreville Schools implemented our "1:1 Technology Initiative" Phase 1 that included Chromebooks for all high school students and enhanced broadband access in 2015 and will complete Phases 2 and 3 for the 2016-2017 school year that will provide IPads for K-4 students and Chromebooks for students in grades 5-8! We are PROUD of our school!

In 2014, Goreville Schools was designated as a SMART Technology Showcase School for their integration of SMART technology throughout the district. In 2015, they will take that a step forward with the launching of their 1:1 Technology Initiative